DHM
02-27-2006, 04:26 PM
Hi, in the past I was always tired of AvantGo(Away), so i have traveled the world (not really) to look for an alternative to read news en route. I tried many apps and tools but almost none of them had the features and contents i wished but one, RSS. There a several RSS Reader available to PPC, but i was disappointed, because the rss feeds often contain no text and if they do, only a few sentences. Well so I thought why the heck you dont make it yourself and so i did.
Now i can present you my RSS-ReGenerator in version 0.5.2 for Windows 2k/XP/2003/Vista. This tool is capable of generating new RSS feeds with FULL newstext with help from external script files written in pascal.
This is what the tool is actually doing (in shortform):
Downloading of the entered RSS feeds
Navigating the news links present in the rss feed
Extraction of pure newstext with help of an script
Generation of a new rss feed with full newstext
Uploading the rss feed to a ftp server.
Comparison to AvantGo
Advantages: (may vary, depends on the rss reader)
fast synchronisation
faster viewing of the news
news selection without pen
no advertisment
small RSS files for syncing via GPRS
external extraction-scripts, you can modify and create by yourself
Disadvantages:
the RSS-ReGenerator always has to run to keep the rss feeds up2date.
for every newsite an own script is needed
only for sites offering rss feeds
A 100% extraction of the pure newstext is not always possible
If the site changes his design the script will not work anymore or with failures
Now you have to decide for yourself, all you need is an rss reader. Theres a nice free one called pRSSreader available here:
http://pda.jasnapaka.com/prssr
Sadly i had only time to create scripts for 2 newssites: Slashdot.org and Wired News.com (partly). I have commented the script files to make it easier for you to understand whats going on and to create more scripts. There are more scripts in german, but i think most ppl here cannot read german news. I also translated the Readme, i hope its understandable, my english is not the best.
Program:
http://www.trekgonewild.de/RSS-ReGenerator_v0.5.2.zip [809 kb]
Scripts:
http://www.trekgonewild.de/NewsScripts060227_complete_ENG.zip
Extract the Zip package anywhere, extract the scripts into the "channels" directory, start "Settings.exe", enter FTP data and set settings as you like, then start "RSS ReGenerator.exe" and click on "Start".
Now i can present you my RSS-ReGenerator in version 0.5.2 for Windows 2k/XP/2003/Vista. This tool is capable of generating new RSS feeds with FULL newstext with help from external script files written in pascal.
This is what the tool is actually doing (in shortform):
Downloading of the entered RSS feeds
Navigating the news links present in the rss feed
Extraction of pure newstext with help of an script
Generation of a new rss feed with full newstext
Uploading the rss feed to a ftp server.
Comparison to AvantGo
Advantages: (may vary, depends on the rss reader)
fast synchronisation
faster viewing of the news
news selection without pen
no advertisment
small RSS files for syncing via GPRS
external extraction-scripts, you can modify and create by yourself
Disadvantages:
the RSS-ReGenerator always has to run to keep the rss feeds up2date.
for every newsite an own script is needed
only for sites offering rss feeds
A 100% extraction of the pure newstext is not always possible
If the site changes his design the script will not work anymore or with failures
Now you have to decide for yourself, all you need is an rss reader. Theres a nice free one called pRSSreader available here:
http://pda.jasnapaka.com/prssr
Sadly i had only time to create scripts for 2 newssites: Slashdot.org and Wired News.com (partly). I have commented the script files to make it easier for you to understand whats going on and to create more scripts. There are more scripts in german, but i think most ppl here cannot read german news. I also translated the Readme, i hope its understandable, my english is not the best.
Program:
http://www.trekgonewild.de/RSS-ReGenerator_v0.5.2.zip [809 kb]
Scripts:
http://www.trekgonewild.de/NewsScripts060227_complete_ENG.zip
Extract the Zip package anywhere, extract the scripts into the "channels" directory, start "Settings.exe", enter FTP data and set settings as you like, then start "RSS ReGenerator.exe" and click on "Start".